Policing the Danger Narrative
Policing the Danger Narrative The clamor for police reform in the United States has reached a fever pitch. The current debate has mainly centered around questions of police function: What…
Like Putting Lipstick on a Pig: Why the History of Crime Control Should Compel the Prohibition of Incentivized Witness Testimony Under Fundamental Fairness Principles
Like Putting Lipstick on a Pig: Why the History of Crime Control Should Compel the Prohibition of Incentivized Witness Testimony Under Fundamental Fairness Principles Among Western nations, American courts remain…
Innocence is Not Enough: Illinois Certificates of Innocence & the Case of Wayne Washington
Innocence is Not Enough: Illinois Certificates of Innocence & the Case of Wayne Washington In 2008, the Illinois State Legislature found that “innocent persons who have been wrongly convicted of…
Toward a Socio-Legal Theory of Male Rape
Toward a Socio-Legal Theory of Male Rape In this Article, we attempt to formulate a new theoretical framework for the analysis of male rape, a phenomenon that has been neglected…
The Problem of Habitual Offender Laws in States with Felony Disenfranchisement
The Problem of Habitual Offender Laws in States with Felony Disenfranchisement Habitual offender laws operate to increase the sentence of an individual if that person already has a felony conviction.…
Felony Murder Liability for Homicides by Police: Too Unfair and Too Much to Bear
Felony Murder Liability for Homicides by Police: Too Unfair and Too Much to Bear On November 23, 2020, a fifteen-year-old boy was gunned down by five Oklahoma City police officers,…
Of Law and Men
Of Law and Men I, an Indian-American transgender woman, share stories of my sexual escapades with seven Trump supporters to move us towards new mountains in jurisprudential scholarship. I do…
Reframing Hate
Reframing Hate The concept and naming of “hate crime,” and the adoption of special laws to address it, provoked controversy and raised fundamental questions when they were introduced in the…
U.S. Hate Crime Trends: What Disaggregation of Three Decades of Data Reveals About a Changing Threat and an Invisible Record
Hate Crime Trends: What Disaggregation of Three Decades of Data Reveals About a Changing Threat and an Invisible Record When prejudice-related data are combined and analyzed over time, critical information…
The Conundrums of Hate Crime Prevention
The Conundrums of Hate Crime Prevention The recent surge in hate crimes alongside persistent concerns over policing and prisons has catalyzed new interest in hate crime prevention outside the criminal…
A Trauma-Centered Approach to Addressing Hate Crimes
A Trauma-Centered Approach to Addressing Hate Crimes A dominant justification for hate crime laws is that they serve a crucial expressive function—sending messages of valuation to victims, and of denunciation…
Pick the Lowest Hanging Fruit: Hate Crime Law and the Acknowledgment of Racial Violence
Pick the Lowest Hanging Fruit: Hate Crime Law and the Acknowledgment of Racial Violence The has had remedies aimed at racial violence since the Ku Klux Klan Act was passed…